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ASSURED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
Example:
she paints with an assured hand
Classified under:
Similar:
confident (having or marked by confidence or assurance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by certainty or security
Example:
we can never have completely assured lives
Classified under:
Similar:
secure (free from danger or risk)
Derivation:
assuredness (great coolness and composure under strain)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb assure
Context examples:
Lestrade shook his head, though it seemed to me that his manner was less absolutely assured than before.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Be assured that he is well cared for.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I had lived a placid, uneventful, sedentary existence all my days—the life of a scholar and a recluse on an assured and comfortable income.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
His ferocious cry and the horrible energy of his pursuit both assured me that this was surely one of the great flesh-eating dinosaurs, the most terrible beasts which have ever walked this earth.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But these were mere trifles, and they assured their mother that the experiment was working finely.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Elizabeth assured him that she could suit herself perfectly with those in the room.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
"Oh, yes you are," the other assured him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I am by no means assured of his regard for me.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
When the sailors saw this and that their return to their native country was apparently assured, a shout of tumultuous joy broke from them, loud and long-continued.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“Bring a torch, Dick,” said Silver when my capture was thus assured.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
